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Maternity Services: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that lessons identified by the Donna Ockenden review into maternity services in Sussex are implemented by NHS organisations.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
11 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that lessons identified by the Donna Ockenden review into maternity services in Sussex are implemented by NHS organisations.

  2. 11 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Sussex families were closely involved in the design of the review through meetings with the former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in March and April 2026. Donna Ockenden has since been appointed as Chair of the Independent review into mate...

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